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for sake of

for sake of preposition: because of, for the sake of.

Preposition

for sake of

  1. Because of, for the sake of.
    • She stayed home for sake of her sick friend.
    Synonyms:
    because of

for sake of meaning in Sanskrit

for sake of in Sanskrit

for sake of
कृते kṛte

Synonyms of for sake of

Questions about for sake of

What does for sake of mean?
For sake of means because of, for the sake of.
What is for sake of in Sanskrit?
For sake of in Sanskrit is कृते (kṛte). See For sake of meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is for sake of?
For sake of is a preposition.

Words near for sake of in the dictionary

  1. for real life
  2. for reals
  3. for realsies
  4. for reasons
  5. for rent
  6. for sake of
  7. for sale
  8. for Scotland
  9. for shame
  10. for shame's sake
  11. for sheezy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: for sake of (page history and authors); कृते (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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